Evaluation of Ground and Surface water Quality in and around Vedanta Aluminium Company at Jharsuguda, Odisha, India

Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), is an aluminium smelter located at Jharsuguda, Odisha and it is using a large amount of fresh water from Vheden river for different purposes like cooling, washing of materials, finishing etc., and is producing a very large amount of waste water .In present study physico-chemical analysis of ground water and surface water in and around Vedanta Aluminium Company at Jharsuguda, Odisha is done. Ground water samples were collected from tube well and Surface water samples were collected from Vheden River. After the analysis it was found that the ground water and surface water in and around Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), is not polluted.